13 Movies We Can't Wait to See in 2013

Tony Stark, Captain Kirk, and the Wizard of Oz return to the theater this year, but 2013 won't be just a barrage of sequels. Plenty of original geek flicks are coming, too. Here's what we're anticipating most.

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

Release Date: March 8

I have a feeling we're not in 1939 anymore.

Sam Raimi, the visual stylist behind the original Evil Dead and the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films, aims his cyclone directly at the heart of a cinema icon. Set before the events of the Judy Garland classic Oz sees James Franco as a circus huckster whisked from Kansas to Oz, where he will eventually become the renowned wizard.

Since we all know the ending, I'm sure the fun lies in discovering just how the dastardly Franco finds his way behind the curtain. Here at PopMech we're looking forward to eye-popping CG effects with a dash of steampunk design. And flying monkeys, naturally.

Oblivion

Oblivion

Release Date: April 26

Say what you will about Tron Legacy's plot and dialogue, it sure looked cool. Now director Joseph Kosinksi has teamed up with some different writers (Michael Arendt of Toy Story 3 and William Monahan of The Departed for an adaptation of a comic book that no one has read.

The story is set in the future after some terrible disaster, and scientists are extracting recorded information from disabled drones, looking for clues into their battle against the mysterious Scavs. We don't want to give too much away but we will say that the white spacesuits look very impressive. In the teaser, you'll see Tom Cruise making his ultra-serious face, and you'll also see some amazing shuttlecraft zooming about Earth, packed with computer displays that stand up against those found in Cruise's Minority Report.